Croatian Defense Forces

The Croatian Defense Forces (HOS) was the armed wing of the conservative and ethnocentric Croatian Party of Rights, existing from 22 January 1991 to 16 April 1993. The HOS organized several companies to take part in the Croatian War of Independence against FR Yugoslavia, and the HOS was absorbed into the Croatian Army in January 1992 after a ceasefire with the Serbs was declared. In 1992, the rival Croatian Defense Council killed HOS leader Blaz Kraljevic, and the HOS was absorbed into the Defense Council and the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1992 to April 1993.